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About Bair Gaon Village

Bair Gaon is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 41, made up of 24 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 708 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bair Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bair Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 29.69 hectares
Population 41
Male Population 24
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 708
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bair Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bair Gaon is the 243rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 29.69 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Bair Gaon

Bair Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bair Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bair Gaon from other places

Bair Gaon lies about 8.0 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bair Gaon
District headquarters Garhwal 8.0 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 18 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 18 km

Villages closest to Bair Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotdwara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Bair Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bair Gaon village had a population of 41. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Bair Gaon village has 24 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bair Gaon has about 708 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Bair Gaon is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bair Gaon covers 29.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bair Gaon falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bair Gaon is Kotdwara, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bair Gaon.

Bair Gaon is about 8.0 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bair Gaon is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 8.0 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nausin Talla (under 2 km), Deval / Banwar (under 2 km) and Bedul Lagga Dhargaon (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bair Gaon today is likely to be higher.

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